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The Love Affairs of Pixie By: George de Horne Vaizey (1857-1917) |
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Here we have yet again the lovable Pixie, the youngest child of the
O'Shaughnessy family, who had all been brought up at Knock Castle, in
Ireland, and about whom two previous books have been written. None of
the family can quite get their minds round the fact that Pixie is now
old enough to have affairs, and even to marry, especially as they are
all aware how very plain she is. But Pixie has other ideas. She becomes engaged to Stanor Vaughan, a
very good looking young rising businessman, whose very rich but
disabled uncle is his guardian. The uncle suggests that Stanor should
go to America for a couple of years, to become a bit more mature. Meanwhile there is very nasty and sudden accident to little Jack, an
angelic little boy, whom everybody adores. Will he survive? Eventually Stanor returns to London. But things have sorted themselves
out rather better than we would have thought after the first few
chapters. This book was printed in a very heavy type on thinnish paper. It was a
mistake to scan it on the default brightness setting, and it was very
difficult to clean out all the misreads. There may yet be a few, but
not many, I hope. These will be taken out eventually, I hope.
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF PIXIE, BY MRS GEORGE DE HORNE VAIZEY. CHAPTER ONE. THE QUESTION OF NOSES. When Pixie O'Shaughnessy had reached her twentieth birthday it was borne
in upon her with the nature of a shock that she was not beautiful.
Hitherto a buoyant and innocent self satisfaction, coupled with the
atmosphere of love and admiration by which she was surrounded in the
family circle, had succeeded in blinding her eyes to the very obvious
defects of feature which the mirror portrayed. But suddenly, sharply,
her eyes were opened. "Did it ever occur to you, Bridgie, my dear, that I've grown up
plain ?" she demanded of her sister, Mrs Victor, as the two sat by the
fire one winter afternoon, partaking luxuriously of strong tea and
potato cakes, and at the sound of such a surprising question Mrs Victor
started as if a crack of thunder had suddenly pealed through the quiet
room. She stared in amazement; her big, grey eyes widened dramatically. "My good child," she demanded sternly, "whatever made you think of
asking such a preposterous question?" "'Twas borne in on me!" sighed Pixie sadly. "It's the way with life; ye
go jog trotting along, blind and cheerful, until suddenly ye bang your
head against a wall, and your eyes are opened! 'Twas the same with me.
I looked at myself every day, but I never saw. Habit, my dear,
blindfolded me like a bandage, and looking at good looking people all
day long it seemed only natural that I should look nice too. But this
morning the sun shone, and I stood before the glass twisting about to
try on my new hat, and, Bridgie, the truth was revealed! My nose !" "What's the matter with your nose?" demanded Mrs Victor. Her own
sweet, delicately cut face was flushed with anger, and she sat with
stiffened back staring across the fireplace as if demanding compensation
for a personal injury. Pixie sighed, and helped herself to another slice of potato cake. "It scoops!" she said plaintively. "As you love me, Bridgie, can you
deny it scoops?" And as if to illustrate the truth of her words she
twisted her head so as to present her little profile for her sister's
inspection. Truly it was not a classic outline! Sketched in bare outline it would
have lacerated an artist's eye, but then more things than line go to the
making up a girlish face: there is youth, for instance, and a blooming
complexion; there is vivacity, and sweetness, and an intangible
something which for want of a better name we call "charm." Mrs Victor
beheld all these attributes in her sister's face, and her eyes softened
as they looked, but her voice was still resentful... Continue reading book >>
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